Jesse Jackson Quotes

If you accept the privilege of public service, you had better understand the responsibilities of public service.

The trust that goes with public service is a heavy burden on those who would lead us.

With the best will, no one can be an official and a man.

Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

Public Service was never meant to be an easy living.

We want to bring back to Washington people who are more interested in public service than they are in private gain.

If they think its such a sacrifice to go into public service, then they should stay the heck out.

When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.

I have the ablest staff that ever served any President in my memory. There's not a playboy among them. They aren't sitting around drinking whiskey at 11 o'clock at night. They aren't walking around with their zippers unbuttoned.

Well gentlemen, today we are going to earn our pay.

I have an obligation to the people of Illinois, to the Senate and to myself to leave the Senate while I am still eager to serve, not after I tire of serving.

I am the only public servant and the only Mexican President ever who has made his finances public from before, during, and after public service.

When you are called, you serve

I am dedicated to my work, my voters and my family.

When I wake up in the morning, do I think I'm a role model? Yes. I'm not trying to have a pristine image, because a real role model shows you to the good and ugly.

If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.

What I'm guilty of is trying the hardest and giving 100 percent of myself and putting my heart and soul into representing the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn.

It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.

But despite the challenges, I love being your Mayor.

David Cohen is without a doubt one of the best - if not the best - public servant I've ever encountered.

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

You know, public service is serious enough on its own, and what I've found is if you take yourself take yourself too seriously in this business, you'll lose sight of what it is that you're trying to get done. So I mean I've tried to have the proper mix of being a serious public servant, but also still being a regular guy.

I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn't like to miss or lose.

Our people expect the best of us. They send us to take care of the people's business, and those of us who take hold of that responsibility understand that's what it's really about.

I hold an office in trust, not a title. I don't want to say it's a kamikaze approach to life, but it's ingrained.